Okay, so there are some elements of S6 in this. But there WILL be Spillowness. It takes some time...

Spike gazed up at Buffy.

"Please, Buffy. Don't leave me. Please!" he pleaded.

Buffy looked at him, her hazel eyes filled with contempt and disgust

"Don't leave you? You think this was about you? I screwed you 'cause I can. You're beneath me"

Spike's cerulean eyes filled with tears.

"Buffy, I know it was a lot for you to come to me. I lov-"

"Shut up! You are nothing but a soulless demon!" To drive her point home, Buffy punched Spike across the face and ran out into the day.

Spike collapsed against the wall, his sobs echoing through the crypt.

Willow flopped on the bed. Earlier in the day, she, Anya, and Xander went to get her nose pierced. She got an emerald stud that made her eyes seem even brighter. It was still sore. She was to go over to the Magic Box to train with Giles. She couldn't wait.

Two weeks later...

Willow, Giles, Spike, Xander, Anya and Buffy were on patrol. Well, Spike and Buffy were fighting vamps; the others ate potato chips and discussed the merits of onion blossoms. Spike and Buffy had been sleeping together almost every night (not that there was any sleeping involved). Buffy would beat up Spike, and tell him he was worthless.

A group of ten vampires attacked without warning. Spike sent a roundhouse kick to the one with the ponytail. Buffy tackled the one wearing a plaid shirt.

An unseen vampire crept up behind Willow. Anya spotted it.

"Willow, look"

Before Anya had finished, Willow grabbed its arm and twisted it. After aiming a kick to the groin, she punched it in the nose. Then she did it again Wow, this feels better than I thought it would!. She ducked a punch and kicked it hard in the kneecap. The vamp fell to the ground. Willow straddled his chest, and hit it repeatedly around the face. After a while, she plunged her stake into its heart.

Buffy and Spike were gob smacked Where the hell did she learn this? they both thought simultaneously. Although Xander and Anya already knew that Willow was training with Giles, they were surprised that she could kick ass like that.

Willow looked to Giles, like a child looking up to its mother for approval.

"So was this ok?" she asked.

"Well, this was very good. You used the arm twist. I'm surprised that it worked so well out here. You appeared to have some trouble with it today. Maybe it took someone to attack you to figure out how it works. You did very well." Giles replied.

Willow beamed.

"Thanks. I did think that a second ago"

"Hold up!" shouted the blonde slayer. "What's going on here?"

"Oh this?" Willow asked innocently. "I've been training with Giles."

Buffy's eyes narrowed.

"She wasn't that good, Giles!" she hissed, and stomped off. Spike slipped away and followed her.

"Wow, Willow. You did great! I won't be getting on your bad side in a hurry!" joked Xander.

Willow looked around. "Hey guys, where's Spike?". Everyone shrugged. "I'm going to go try to find him. He forgot his blood". Willow walked away after waving to them all

Spike once again sat huddled against the tomb in his crypt, beaten and bloodied. Buffy had wanted it extra rough tonight, as she was extra angry. Of course, she then beat Spike extra hard

"Spike? You forgot your" Willow saw Spike. He was covered in bruises. "Oh my God! Spike! Who did this to you?"

Spike looked at Willow.

"I won't say."

Willow's eyes scanned around his home. On the floor was Buffy's jacket.

"Oh God! What did she do to you?"
Spike broke down into tears.

Willow knelt beside him and gathered him into her arms. In the safety her skinny arms provided, Spike told Willow the whole story.